The Cat Who Blew the Whistle | Literary Precedents

The Cat Who Blew the Whistle Literary Precedents

Like its predecessors, The Cat Who Blew the Whistle undoubtedly owes much to the stories of heroic, resourceful animals like Flipper and Lassie, but its primary antecedents are the "puzzle" mystery tradition. The relationship between Qwill and KoKo continues to resemble that of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, and the addition of Celia Robinson as Qwill's agent suggests a parallel to Sol Panzer in the Rex Stout novels.